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Sadly, after looking over all the reviews, I had to bite the bullet and order an HD 5850. I was really looking forward to the 470, but, there's just no way to justify it on price/performance ratio... especially when my game is BFBC. At my res, 1680x1050, the 5850 just crushes the 470, and even the 480. I got a deal on one last night at newegg for $289.00
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I'm not sure why? I've always picked hardware that has the best price/performance ratio, and not just because I happen to like company A or B. In this case, clearly, ATI has the better product... the much better product. It would be stupid of me to buy the more expensive, more power hungry, much hotter, much slower video card, right?
I must admit I'm nervous though... it's a driver thing.
btw, nvidia announced the GTX 580 this am, 580 cuda cores, due out later this year.
Sigh, I really hate it when this situation arises. 4-5 times in the past.. what 20 years now? (eesh) Since the DOS days this has come up where every now and then ATI has a much better price/performace solution than the nerest competitor and I am tempted byt it. And every time I "go for it" I am /always/ sorry. Maybe it's bad luck or maybe something else, but I always regret the descision and it's always due to a drastic reduction in system stability. I... just... can't... do... it... again! :)
Yeah, I hear ya. The last time I had to do this I was bit in the @ss too. However, with a 3.5 year old 8800 (g80), I'm between a rock and a hard place. I'm just going to cross my fingers and hope for the best.
On a side note, at under $300.00, if things don't work out and I have to upgrade again, I won't be that pissed... as opposed to the 500 something I paid for this 88, which is probably one of the reasons I've held on to it as long as I have?